Invenergy

1

Invenergy
1
2
Invenergy Introduction

• Developer, owner and operator of power generation
  projects.
• Focused on the development of renewable energy
  and natural gas energy projects.
• Invenergy management team is headquartered in
  Chicago with regional offices in Austin, Denver,
  Minneapolis, Washington D.C. and international
  offices in Toronto and Warsaw.
• At the end of 2009, Invenergy was the 6th largest
  owner/operator of wind energy facilities in the
  United States.

3
Invenergy Wind and Thermal Portfolio - Map
4
Invenergy Solar Development

• More than 400 MW of solar projects in development
  and 20 MW under contract
• Projects range in size from 1 to 200 MW
• Technologies PV, CPV, Solar Thermal,
  Solar/Combined Cycle Hybrid
• Majority of projects located in the Western U.S.
  remaining projects located in states having
  renewable portfolio standards with attractive
  solar carve-out provisions or in international
  locations with attractive incentive regimes.

5
The BLM Wind Development Process

• Siting Issues/ Understanding Developer Needs
• Right of Ways
• Resource Management Plans/ Land use issues
• Visual Resource Management
• Environmental Studies/ Agency Coordination
• Plans of Development
• Environmental Impact Statements
• Government/Private Sector Cultural Differences/
  Relationships and Expectations

6
Siting Wind Development in the Western US on
Federal Land

• Limited Site Availability
• Viable Wind Resource
• Land Use Restrictions on Federal
  Land
• Transmission
• Limited network on remote BLM lands
• Private Developers do no have
  resources
• Linear ROW Applications for
  Project GenTie
• Access to Market

7
(No Transcript)
8
(No Transcript)
9
(No Transcript)
10
Right of Way Grants

• Type II Wind Development Lease Applications
• Developer begins research/scouting May 2010
• SF-299 with Met Tower Locations identified
• Request received in August 2010
• Botanical Survey in June 2011
• ROW Grant might be issued in September 2011,
  Met Towers installed October
• Rarely is the 3 year term granted under a STAMPA
  Type II ROW Grant Adequate

11
Resource Management Plans

• Do they address energy development?
• Many older plans created before renewable energy
  was issue
• ACECs purpose of the ACEC, is it compatible
  with renewable energy development
• VRMs- might be most common conflict found
  between renewable energy development and
  existing land use designations ROW issue
• Concurrent EIS/RMP Amendment Process

12
(No Transcript)
13
Environmental Studies/ Agency Coordination

• Coordination between the BLM Field Staff and
  Developer essential
• Development of comprehensive study plan early in
  process is critical
• Consultations with Responsible Agencies/ Agency
  buy in critical
• Documentation of Agency Consultations/ buy in
• State or Local cooperation critical for Joint
  Document type permitting tracks

14
The Plan of Development

• POD Requirements
• When should a POD be submitted?
• Post Resource Study-Developer completes all
  baseline studies first, then submits POD
• POD is submitted first then Third Party EIS
  Contractor completes studies as part of the EIS
  Process
• Scoping Issues without Baseline Data

15
Environmental Impact Statements

• Explanation of process, timeline,
  responsibilities to developer
• Selection of third party contractor/ who
  contracts with who?
• Public Scoping/ Developer role in process
• Joint Documents/ Three Party MOU between
  Developer/BLM/State or Local Permitting Agency
  or two party MOU

16
Government and Private Sector Conflicts

• Cultural Differences
• Time Horizons
• Balance between long term view of Stewardship of
  Public Resources vs. Private Sector need to move
  forward or die
• Limited private sector resources, often time is
  most limiting factor for Private Sector
• Encourage Developer to become stakeholders and
  participate at every level

17
(No Transcript)
18
(No Transcript)